7
Permanent filter
This fryer has been equipped with a permanent filter.
To guarantee optimal functioning of the appliance, the
metal filter should be cleaned regularly.
- Clean the lid of the fryer in hot soapy water or in
the dishwasher every time you have used the fryer.
- For thorough cleaning: undo the screws on the
inside of the lid (fig. 24) and remove the filter
(fig. 25).
Let the filter dry properly before you put it back into
the lid and before you start using the appliance.
Tips
Home-made French fries
You will make the tastiest and crispiest French fries in
the following way:
• Preferably use firm potatoes.
- Cut the potatoes into thick slices and then into
sticks. Rinse the sticks with cold water; this will
prevent them from sticking to each other during
frying.
- Dry the sticks thoroughly.
• Always fry home-made French fries twice:
- the first time for 4-6 minutes at 160°;
- the second time for 2-4 minutes at 190 °C.
- For a uniform golden result, lift the basket out of
the fryer a few times during the second frying
period and give the fries a shake.
- Frozen fries have already been precooked, so you
will only have to fry them once in accordance with
the instructions on the package.
Frozen food
Food from the freezer (-16 to -18°C) will cool the oil
or fat considerably when it is immersed in it. Because
it does not sear right away, the food may absorb too
much oil or fat.
Take the following measures to prevent this:
- Do not fry too large amounts of food at one time
(see ‘Table’).
- Heat the oil for at least 15 minutes before you
lower a batch of food into it.
- Set the temperature control to the setting indicated
in the table in these instructions or on the package
of the food to be fried. If there are no instructions
for the food you want to fry, select a temperature
of 190°C.
• Preferably allow frozen food to defrost at least
partly at room temperature before you fry it. Shake
as much ice and water as possible off the food
before you put it into the fryer.
• Lower the food into the oil or fat very gently, since
frozen food may cause the hot oil or fat to start
bubbling violently.
Getting rid of unwanted flavours
Certain types of food, particularly fish, may lose some
juice when they are being fried. The juices thus
ending up in the oil or fat may affect the smell and
taste of food that is subsequently fried in the same oil
or fat. To neutralise the taste of the oil or fat, do the
following:
- Heat the fryer to 160°C and put two thin slices of
bread or a few sprigs of parsley in the oil or fat.
Wait until no more bubbles appear and then scoop
the bread or the parsley out of the fryer with a
spatula. The taste of the oil or fat will now be
neutral again.
A healthy diet
Specialists in the field of healthy food and drink advise
the use of vegetable oils and fats that contain
unsaturated fatty acids (such as linoleic acid).
However, these oils and fats lose their favourable
properties more quickly than other oils and fats, so
you will have to change them more often.
- Change the oil or fat regularly. If you mainly use the
fryer to prepare French fries and if you sieve the oil
or fat after every use, you can re-use the oil or fat
10 to 12 times.
However, do not use it longer than six months and
always follow the instructions on the package.
• As a rule, oil or fat keeps less long if you fry food
that is rich in proteins, such as meat and fish.
- Do not add fresh oil or fat to used oil or fat.
- Change the oil or fat if it starts foaming when it is
heated, when it has a strong taste or smell or when
it turns dark and/or syrupy.
Environment
It is best to dispose of used oil or liquid fat by pouring
it back into its original plastic bottle with locking cap.
You can dispose of solid fat by letting it solidify and
then scooping it out of the fryer by means of a spatula
and wrapping it in a newspaper.
Put the bottles of oil or the newspaper in the
container for non-compostable waste or dispose of
them in accordance with the regulations in your
country.
Table
The table indicates how much of a particular type of
food you can fry at one time and which temperature
and preparation time you should select.
• If the instructions on the package of the food to be
prepared differ from those in the table, always
follow the instructions on the package.
